Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140403
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 21:30
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 74 2-Core 146 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 377 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.4% Poor	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 103 6% 61.6 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 46.8 48% 59.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 864GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 103 111 112 117 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 104 SusWrite 110 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 449GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 96 96 97 98 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 77.4 Mixed 83 SusWrite 95.5 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 76%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$32 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 804GB free Firmware: 01.01V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 136 135 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 117 Mixed 93.9 SusWrite 135 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 578GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 95 96 93 96 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 57.2 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 93.5 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	381x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	27x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	21x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	11x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $729

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16